{"id":1111826,"date":"2019-10-21T18:07:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T17:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1111826"},"modified":"2019-10-21T18:07:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T17:07:31","slug":"atletico-madrid-wind-up-master-diego-costa-nickname-kieran-trippier","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/atletico-madrid-wind-up-master-diego-costa-nickname-kieran-trippier\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid wind-up master Diego Costa has a new nickname for Kieran Trippier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Atletico Madrid defender Kieran Trippier has revealed teammate Diego Costa calls him &#8216;Rooney&#8217; on a daily basis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old defender ended a four-year spell with Tottenham Hotspur when he joined Los Rojiblancos in the summer.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Trippier in Madrid: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kieran Trippier left Tottenham Hotspur for Atletico Madrid in the summer for a reported \u00a320m.<\/li>\n<li>He subsequently became the first English player to join Los Rojiblancos in 95 years.<\/li>\n<li>Trippier has been a regular under Diego Simeone by starting in seven of their opening nine La Liga games.<\/li>\n<li>On debut against Getafe he created the winning goal in a 1-0 victory.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s since revealed teammate Diego Costa calls him &#8216;Rooney&#8217; on a daily basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7399272<\/p>\n<p>Since linking up with Diego Simeone the Bury-born right-back has been near ever-present having started in seven of their nine La Liga outings.<\/p>\n<p>His league debut, at home to Getafe, saw him tee-up \u00c1lvaro Morata as they ran out 1-0 winners. He also added an assist is Atletico&#8217;s 2-2 draw with Juventus in their Champions League group stage clash.<\/p>\n<p>Trippier, who until now hadn&#8217;t played abroad, feels he&#8217;s assimilating well to life in Spain and credits his teammates for helping him settle.<\/p>\n<p>Of those who he shares a dressing room with, none have been more accommodating than Costa with whom he crossed paths before when the Spanish marksman represented Chelsea. And the combative &#8216;number nine&#8217; has a special nickname for Trippier.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manchester United &amp; Liverpool Ranked From Worst to Best\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LDn2xp26mjE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He calls me Rooney 10 times a day,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/spanish-football\/2019\/10\/21\/5dad9805268e3e64378b4596.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He does it all the time, just for a laugh. But it&#8217;s Diego, I don&#8217;t care. We all find it funny and I like that he always makes jokes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew him from the Premier League and he&#8217;s the funniest player I&#8217;ve ever played with. There&#8217;s a great atmosphere here and everyone makes jokes, but Costa is the funniest.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atletico Madrid defender Kieran Trippier has revealed teammate Diego Costa calls him &#8216;Rooney&#8217; on a daily basis. The 29-year-old defender ended a four-year spell with Tottenham Hotspur when he joined Los Rojiblancos in the summer. 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